A Second Chance at Life
Holocaust Survivor Celina Karp Biniaz
Sunday, 31 Mar 2019 at 7:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
Celina Karp Biniaz is one of the last living survivors of Schindler’s List - the list of 1098 Jewish men, women and children who were saved from the Nazis and the Holocaust largely due to the humanity of Oskar Schindler. She will share her story of survival from living a comfortable, middle-class childhood to being forced into a Jewish ghetto and later one of the most infamous Nazi death camps, Auschwitz. Celina's family worked in Schindler's factory until they were liberated in May 1945. Two years later they immigrated to Des Moines, where she graduated from North High School and subsequently attended Grinnell College.Cosponsored By:
- Ames Jewish Congregation
- Chabad of Ames
- Hillel
- Iowa Jewish Historical Society
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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